Index 1723heatsinks 367
Forced-convection cooling
heatsinks 373
Forward masking
psychoacoustics 48
Forward resistance
power supplies 669
Forward voltage drop
power supplies 669
Forward-current-transfer ratio
transistors 329
Fourier analysis
DSP technology 1164
Fourier analyzer
psychoacoustics 51
Fourier Transform
filters and equalizers 798
Fourier transform
DSP technology 1166, 1168
loudspeakers 640
test and measurement 1613
Frame check sequence (FCS)
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1489
Frank Jewett 7
Frank McIntosh 5
Franssen effect
psychoacoustics 60
Frederick Vinton Hunt 15
Free-field open-circuit sensitivity
computer aided sound system
design 1356
Free-field sensitivity
computer aided sound system
design 1344
Freestanding radiator
loudspeakers 635
French braid shields
wire and cable 426
French Système International
d’Unités
units of measurement 1647
Frequency
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 26
Frequency (f)
units of measurement 1651
Frequency difference limen
psychoacoustics 56
Frequency domain
DSP technology 1165
Frequency range
psychoacoustics 51
Frequency resolution
loudspeakers 639
Frequency response 1388
audio transformers 285
computer aided sound system
design 1345
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 27
loudspeakers 628
microphones 498
test and measurement 1613
Frequency response of a cardioid
microphone 497
Frequency selectivity
psychoacoustics 52
Fresnel reflection
fiber optics 454, 480
Fringing
fringing recording 1057
Front to random factor
computer aided sound system
design 1346
Front to random index
computer aided sound system
design 1346
Front-end instability
consoles 842
FSTC 72
Full messages
MIDI 1129
Full wave bridge rectifier
power supplies 673
Full wave power supplies 672
Function modes
consoles 923
Fundamental mode
fiber optics 480
Fundamental quantities in physics
1647
Fundamentals of audio and acous-
tics
absolute levels 25
absorption 29
acoustic gain 32
acoustic impedance 28
acoustic pressure levels 26
acoustic reflections 28acoustic sources 36
acoustic wave 28
acoustic wavelengths 30–31
ampere 32
antennas 28
architectural acoustics 28
audible spectrum 27
audio program material 35
Bel 24
capacitive reactance 33
complex impedance 33
constant voltage 25
convex surface 29
cosine wave 30
crest factor 36
decibel conversion 24
decibel formulas 26
decibel references 25
directional energy radiation 36
eardrum 34
electrical reflections 29
electromagnetic wave 27–28
electromotive force 32
equal-loudness contours 35
focused reflections 31
frequency 26
frequency response 27
harmonic motion 31
human auditory system 34
human hearing 26, 34
image shift 31
impedance 25, 33
inductive reactance 33
inverse-square law 37
level 26
level difference 26
line arrays 38
line source 37
logarithmic scale 23
loudness 26
loudspeakers 36
multiple loudspeakers 31
nominal impedance 33
ohm 32
Ohm’s Law 32
open circuit 25
peak loudness 36
phase interference 32
phase shift 33
point source 36